Due to the fact that I own a lot of Waltham pocket watches [i.e., watches made by the American Waltham Watch Company], I frequently get e-mail from people wanting to find out information about their own Waltham watch. Well, there's usually not much I can tell people without actually seeing the watch, but if someone knows the watch's serial number I can usually at least give them a good idea of how old it is.
Although watches were not always sold and delivered in the exact order they were manufactured, the following table will give you an approximate date for your Waltham watch based on its serial number.
[Note, by the way, that the serial number of a watch is inscribed directly on the watch's movement (a.k.a. the 'guts', 'works' or 'inner mechanism') and has no relation to any serial number that might be inscribed on any part of the case. Watch companies typically just made the movements, and the cases were made separately by special watch case companies. The two were then often first joined together at the time of sale by the jeweler who would let the customer select the particular case to go with his watch.]
Serial Number | Date | | | Serial Number | Date | | | Serial Number | Date |
50 400 1,000 2,500 4,000 6,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 30,000 45,000 65,000 110,000 180,000 260,000 330,000 410,000 460,000 500,000 540,000 590,000 680,000 730,000 810,000 910,000 1,000,000 1,150,000 1,350,000 1,500,000 1,670,000 1,835,000 2,000,000 2,350,000 2,650,000 3,000,000 3,400,000 | 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 | | | 3,800,000 4,200,000 4,700,000 5,200,000 5,800,000 6,300,000 6,700,000 7,100,000 7,450,000 8,100,000 8,400,000 9,000,000 9,500,000 10,200,000 11,100,000 12,100,000 13,500,000 14,300,000 14,700,000 15,500,000 16,400,000 17,600,000 17,900,000 18,100,000 18,200,000 18,900,000 19,500,000 20,000,000 20,500,000 20,900,000 21,800,000 22,500,000 23,400,000 23,900,000 24,100,000 24,300,000 | 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 | | | 24,550,000 24,800,000 25,200,000 26,100,000 26,400,000 26,900,000 27,100,000 27,300,000 27,550,000 27,750,000 28,100,000 28,600,000 29,100,000 29,400,000 29,750,000 30,050,000 30,250,000 30,750,000 31,050,000 31,400,000 31,700,000 32,100,000 32,350,000 32,750,000 33,100,000 33,500,000 33,560,000 33,600,000 33,700,000 33,800,000 34,100,000 34,450,000 34,700,000 35,000,000 | 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 |
Waltham Pocket Watch Case Serial Number October 6, 2020 - by Anisa - Leave a Comment Waltham openface grade 225 pocket watch date my waltham pocket watch pristine vine waltham las pocket waltham pocket watch value by serial waltham 12 size grade 220 model 1894. Since your serial number falls between those two numbers, you know that your watch was made in 1917 or 1918. Also known as being an antique american pocket watch 12 pocket watches were manufactured. In entire, a safe by the Nightfall Trade Commission prohibited any instance that a aptitude to the whole Waltham Show Show exists. Waltham Watch Serial Numbers Each Waltham watch was given a serial number. This serial number will tell a little about the watch and is useful information to know when looking to find out the value of a Waltham watch. It is important to look at the serial number of the watch movement and not any number on the case. Serial numbers can range from six to nine digits and may include a combination of letters and numbers. Elgins, for example, may have a letter in front of a series of numbers. Omegas have seven or eight digits. The serial numbers on an 1895 Omega pocket watch, for example, start at 1,000,000. A 1956 Omega wristwatch starts at 15,000,000.
Waltham Pocket Watch Case Serial Numbers
[SOURCE: Shugart & Gilbert, Complete Price Guide to Watches, 1997]
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